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Outdoors

‘We keep going’

PAUL SMITHS — If you ask Archie and Piper Marlow, ages 7 and 8, what they did over their summer break, you’ll hear about their most recent adventure — hiking all 46 High Peaks. Piper, Archie and their father, Josh, didn’t necessarily set out to do all the peaks. Last summer, they ...

First snow of season falls on Whiteface Mountain summit

WILMINGTON — Wes Poe looked into the camera, flashed a thumbs-up, said “Sept. 8th” and took off on his skis across extremely thin snow cover on the deck at the summit of Whiteface Mountain. On Sunday, Sept. 8, Poe, Brayden Olden, Brenna Towne and Sasha Baker — all 20- and 21-year old ...

Kayaking a placid Mirror Lake

LAKE PLACID — As its name suggests, Mirror Lake should be smooth as glass. While theory doesn’t always match with reality, the lake sure lived up to its name around daybreak on Wednesday, Sept. 11. As the planets and stars slowly drifted away in the salmon skies above, there was not ...

ROOST develops fall foliage report

LAKE PLACID — The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism is debuting its newly developed weekly foliage report on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The report, emailed weekly to those who request it, will provide information about fall foliage in the Adirondacks. The report will indicate which areas ...

Exploring Phase 2 of the rail trail

SARANAC LAKE — I have never been on a seaplane before. My imagination wandered as I glided down the causeway over Lake Colby along the newly completed section of the Adirondack Rail Trail on a bicycle. Glancing off to the side, tree branches gave way to beautiful blue open water just feet ...